Improvement in strainer-pails



w. H; THRIFT. STRAINER PAIL.

Patented May l, 1877.

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UNITED STaTEs WILLIAM H. THRIFT,

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or, NEWTON, I0 WA.

I MPROVEMENT IN STRAINER-PAILS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,!70, dated May 1,1877; application filed J annary 4, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. THRIFT, of Newton, in the countyofJasper, and State of Iowa, have invented an Attachment for WoodenBuckets, of which the following is a specification The object of myinvention is to adapt wooden buckets to be used advantageously asmilkpails, and for pouring and straining liquids of all kinds. Itconsists in combining a straining and pouring device with the top edgeof a wooden bucket, as hereinafter fully setfor'th.

Figure l of my drawing is a perspective view, illustrating theconstruction of a straining and pouring device formed of sheet metal, orother suitable plate, and specially adapted to, be tightly joined to thetop edge of a wooden pail without adding any packing material. a is acrescent-shaped plate, preferably convex on top. Its outside edge isconcentric with the pail, and extends sufficiently in length to coverabout one-third part of the top edge of the pail. b is a vertical flangerigidly fixed on the under-side of the outside edge of the plate a. Ithas a sharp edge, adapting it to be readily pressed into the top edge ofa wooden bucket. c is a strainer fixed in the plate a. d is a pouringspout or lip fixed around the strainer c.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a wooden pail, and illustrates theconstruction and operation of my complete invention.

The sharp edge of the metal flange b is embedded in the wood of thebucket by simply I placing it in proper position and then pressing uponthe plate a sufficiently to force the rim or flange b into the wood, toremain there permanently, and to retain the plate at, having thestrainer c and spout d tightly joined to the top edge of the pail. Toaid-in thus fixing the rim d in the wood a channel of corresponding sizeand shape may be first formed in the wood with a suitable instrument toadmit the flange and diminish the amount of force required to sink andfix it tightly in its place. Screws may be put through the ends of theplate a into the wood, as an additional means of securing the same inits place.

, I am aware that breasts having straining and pouring devices have beenformed intogral with tin buckets, and that sheet-metal breasts havingstraining and pouring devices have been formed complete in themselves,and

attached to pails by means of clamping devices and packing material; butI claim that my manner of rigidly and permanently securing a sheet-metalbreast having a straining and pouring device to a wooden bucket, byembedding the metal-flange b into the wood to form a tight joint withoutpacking material, is a novel and valuable improvement in wooden pails.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufacture, a Woodenbucket having a combined straining and pouring device, a c d, rigidlyattached and tightly joined by embedding the metallic flange b in thetop edges of the wooden staves, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

WILLIAM HAMILTON THRIFT.

Witnesses:

SAML. H. OHnYToN, D. D. PIPER.

